Blood cultures after bone biopsy in diabetic foot osteomyelitis

Paule Letertre-Gibert; Françoise Desbiez; Magali Vidal; Natacha Mrozek; Pereira Bruno; Igor Tauveron; Olivier Lesens

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.02.011

Blood cultures after bone biopsy in diabetic foot osteomyelitis

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2017 Sep;89(1):78-79. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.02.011. Epub 2017 Mar 8.

Authors

Paule Letertre-Gibert¹, Françoise Desbiez², Magali Vidal³, Natacha Mrozek⁴, Pereira Bruno⁵, Igor Tauveron², Olivier Lesens³

Affiliations

¹ Infectious and Tropical diseases Department, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, France.; Clermont Université, UMR CNRS 6023 Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome Environnement (LMGE), Université d'Auvergne, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Endocrinology Department, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, France.
³ Infectious and Tropical diseases Department, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, France.; Clermont Université, UMR CNRS 6023 Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome Environnement (LMGE), Université d'Auvergne, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
⁴ Infectious and Tropical diseases Department, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, France.
⁵ Biostatistics Unit, DRCI, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, France.

PMID: 28689896
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.02.011

Abstract

The value of blood cultures after bone biopsy in diabetic foot osteomyelitis was assessed through a prospective monocentric study. Blood cultures tested positive in 15.8% of patients. Risk factors were male gender, higher CRP levels, Streptococcus sp.-positive bone culture, and pre-existing valvulopathy.

Publication types

Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biopsy*
Blood Culture / statistics & numerical data*
Bone and Bones / microbiology*
Diabetic Foot / diagnosis*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Osteomyelitis / diagnosis*
Prospective Studies
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Streptococcus / isolation & purification